tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post4073893518157106780..comments2024-03-28T13:26:59.030-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Arizona Daily Star Romanticizes the Suicide of a Disabled Woman in a "Tribute"Alex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-20227890454591743842009-12-15T10:30:14.101-05:002009-12-15T10:30:14.101-05:00Dear Thinkies:
If Shari Hope were not a person wi...Dear Thinkies:<br /><br />If Shari Hope were not a person with a disability, would you feel different about this story.<br /><br />The fact is that when the so called normal people in society go about justifying euthanasia, it is usually for categories of people who they think would be better off dead.<br /><br />A real compassionate society doesn't kill its vulnerable citizens, but provides the opportunity to live as a person with a disabilityAlex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-20516254793344802942009-09-21T09:33:51.202-04:002009-09-21T09:33:51.202-04:00Maybe all the things you imagined were true - or m...Maybe all the things you imagined were true - or maybe, just maybe, a woman sound of mind decided she wished to control her life and her death.<br /><br />No one but Shari Hope Kelly knows what she suffered - this was obviously not a rash choice, but one she had planned for and carried out whilst she was still capable of doing so. <br /><br />If we were a compassionate world she would never have needed to do so herself, knowing that the medical community (rather than friends or family) would have the legal right to help her when she asked for release.Thinkieshttp://thinkies.comnoreply@blogger.com